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I sent an email to KW about recommended settings and this was the reply I received. I am going to Autobahn this weekend and I'm gonna try it. I will report back next week.
Dear James, the M Performance coilover was developed on BMW guideline and it is different to the KW V3. for track you can close the rebound and bump front and rear 2 – 3 clicks. Street settings would be rebound 9 clicks and bump 4 clicks at the front axle and rebound 9 clicks and bump 4 clicks at the rear axle too.
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FRONT are 9 clicks open REBOUND + 6 clicks open COMPRESSION REAR are 12 clicks open REBOUND + 6 blicks open COMPRESSION thats what ive been using. But will try with harder settings next time out.
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I'll play with the rebound & compression more after I get an alignment. Can you do me a favor? Can you try seeing how many clicks from full stiff the compression is on your fronts? My front left shock is a bit hard to adjust for some reason. |
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If you do have some experience. My recommendation would be camber plates. You will need them or you will destroy the outsides of the front tires pretty quickly. Ground Control and a few others have plates for the OEM strut size, which is what the MPC is. Edit: Oh... just noticed "M3 track car" in your sig. You will want camber plates, brake fluid and pads too.
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The E36 had -3.5 with 1/16" toe out in the front and -2 with 1/16" toe in in the rear. TC Kline Coilovers. They gave me a recommended setting for the coils when I bought them and I never changed them in 2 yrs. lol They just worked that well! I will most likely leave it for Sat and maybe experiment a little on Sunday. I'll report back on Monday.
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Can you do adjustments on damping when car is loaded, or does it have to be unloaded? |
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I'm gonna try now -3 or maybe -3.5
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I dont think it matters if car is loaded or not when adjusting for damping...
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The car did great at Putnam however I don't think -2.5 was quite enough. I may try -2.75 or a little more next time. There was a little more wear on the outer edges of the fronts. I am gonna stiffen it a little more for next time though. I think I will try about 3 clicks on both rebound and compression but we'll see. I was really impressed, the ambient temperature was around 90F both days and my oil temp didn't go above 220F while on the track. I think BMW has the oil temp issues figured out.
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